Circeaster

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Family Goniasteridae Rank Genus		Class Asteroidea Phylum Echinodermata Order Valvatida
Similar Valvatida, Anthenoides, Goniasteridae, Hippasteria, Astroceramus

Circeaster is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.

Habitat and distribution

These sea stars have a flattened and broad pentagonal central disc, with 5 tapering arm. The marginal plates are thick and well delimited.

They live between 320 and 3000 meters deep, in the three main oceanic basins.

Circeaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916)

Circeaster arandae Mah, 2006

Circeaster helenae Mah, 2006

Circeaster kristinae Mah, 2006

Circeaster loisetteae Mah, 2006

Circeaster magdalenae Koehler, 1909

Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909

Circeaster pullus Mah, 2006

Circeaster sandrae Mah, 2006

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